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William Nicholson was educated at Harrow School and
Trinity College Cambridge. He was a member of the family
which owned the J&W Nicholson & Co gin distillery based in Clerkenwell
and Three Mills. He was mainly associated with Marylebone
Cricket Club (MCC), of which he was a prominent member; and with
Middlesex and Middlesex County Cricket Club (founded during his career
in 1863). He was a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper who made 148
known appearances in first-class matches, including a number of
appearances for the Gentlemen between 1846 and 1858.
Nicholson became a director and then chairman of the
distillery and was a benefactor of cricket. In 1863 he acquired Basing
Park, Alton, Hampshire. In 1866, when MCC finally purchased the freehold
of Lord's Ground, they paid £18,333 6s 8d using money advanced by
Nicholson. He was president of the MCC in 1879. In 1888
Nicholson loaned further monies to secure Henderson's Nursery and in
1889, when the foundation stone was laid for the new Lord's Pavilion, it
was paid for by a £21,000 loan from Nicholson.
He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire. |